This speech was delivered on 16.11.2016 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: Like my Greens colleagues, I oppose the Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment Bill 2016. It is extraordinarily unfortunate that...

An opinion piece by David Shoebridge, originally published in the Newcastle Herald. TEN billion dollars is a lot of money. As it turns out, some corporations will do almost anything to access that kind of wealth, including the long-term mandatory detention of children...

The agency which plans to remake Newcastle, UrbanGrowth, refused to produce key documents to Greens MP David Shoebridge under Freedom of Information laws because they said they aren’t required to produce “documents” but only “information”. This bizarre legal...

Media Release 15 May 2015 Fresh evidence has emerged into the ongoing delay of the Ombudsman’s police bugging inquiry, with his office now recruiting a fresh staff member to work on the investigation potentially up until December 2016. This is four and a half...

In May this year, SES Deputy Commissioner, Tara McCarthy, was given an hour to get her things into boxes and get out of the office. She had been sacked. Why the Deputy Commissioner was removed from her job in the State Emergency Service is now the subject of an...

This speech was delivered on 19 June 2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full contribution here. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT (CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS) BILL 2013 Second Reading Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [4.15 p.m.]: On behalf of The Greens, I express support for the...